The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-07-23
AL,DEN,S MANIFOLD CYOLOPEDIA OF
KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE.

One of the most extraordinary liter
ary enterprises of the age is the work
which bears the above title.
The specimen pages which the pub
Usher sends free to any applicant, shOw
the type which is used-a good clear,
faced BREWER; also the form-"ldeaf"
for convenience, easy for the eye, handy
to hold. The volumes Will average
about $40 pages each, and there Will
probably be about thirty OF them-the
ssmanifold' number will not be lncon-
venient; when you consult a Cyclope-
dia you are supposed to know what
settle" you are looking for; the letter.
ing on the back of each volume tells
YOU at a glance what titles will be found
within so you do not look in the wrong
one-and the volumes are so "handy"
you quickly turn to the sought-ior
page.
There will be several thousand illus
trations-no ''mere pictures out
everything of importance That Will
serve to illustrate.
The Manifold Cyclopedia is to De
much more than a "Cyclopepia OF
Universal Knowledge" it will embody
also a dictionary of the English Ian
guage-including every word which mas
any claim to a place in the language.
How often you have consulted Apple
toms or Chambers ,or Johnson's Cyclo-
pedia and failed to find the title you
were looking tor-then consulted Web
ster's Unabridged and were successful;
the word belonging to the dictionary
rather than to the cyclopedia. Or you
have consulted Webster, II found
little more than a mere definition OF
the word-you must 60 to the cyclope-
dia for details of knowledge. Or, Q
probable than either of the foregoing
suppOsitlons, you do not own either a
frst-class cyclopedia or a first class
dictionary, or only one of the two, be-
cause of their prohibitory cost, so you
''consult your imagination" n "go
hungry" for lack of the few lines OF
print that would satisfy You! In the
Manifold Cyclopedia you will II a
survey of all knowledge which is Illus
trated by the English language-and
its cost is within your reach, only so
cents a volume for cloth binding, %
cents tor half morocco!
In this age of the world, no general
VI ulCtloIdi Soh "y
proper sense ''original''-each new
compilation, if it has merit, is based
upon the knowledge found embodied
IN alEits predecessors. acknowledge
as set forth in books can not be monop-
olized by ''patent" or "copyright"-
only the form of embodiment a be
thus covered. The latest discoveries
Cor imaginings) of the scientists. the
latest 'sfinds" Cor frauds) of the
a~rch@ologists, the latest theories of the
political economists-all are subject to
the ''sight drafts of the latest %encyclo-
pedlst. Alden's Manifold CycloDedia
undertakes to combine in the most con-
venient and concise (and yet fuiD and
economical form possible, the results
of the scholarship of the world, up to
the time of it publication. Awaiting
itself most of the labors of its prede-
cessors who have accomplished the
best results, the Manifold Cyclopedia,
draws more largely from Chambers
than from any other OF the family ol
cyclopedias, and more largely from
Stormonth than from any other OF tho
family of diciionaries-the Chambers
is an acknowledged model tor a Cyclic
pedia; but it is adapted particularly 10
England rather than to America
Stormonth is the acknowledged peer
of Webster, Worcester, the Imperial,
and Murray, as an authority, but with
out a peer in the combined qualities OF
conciseness, clearness, aud accuracy
of learning. No authority, however,
is blindly followed, but effort is care
fully made to bring all matters to the
general accepted standard of the most
eminent American ,rsther than foreign,
scholarship.
Editorial talent second to none in
America, in experience and skill, i:
engaged in the conduct of the work
the publishers past experience in cyclic
pedia making (notably in Library o
Universal knowledge, now known
treble in price-as the I%nternationa
Cyclopedia) is good basis for the
pledges he makes to his patrons tina
The Manifold shall be inferior to NJ
other %cyclopedia in any of the impor'
tant qualities of a popular guide Il
knowledge. Specimen pages free, or s
specimen volume may be ordered ant
returned if not wanted. John B
Alden, Publisher, 1893 Pearl Street
New York.